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pataca.

The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.

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Meaning & usage

noun/pəˈtɑːkə/
  1. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.

  2. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.

  3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Where this word comes from

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

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